Tag: CA
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California’s Sports Betting Vote Uncertain Despite Success In Half a Dozen States
A month before the election, there’s not too much positivity surrounding California‘s sports betting vote, though history is still on its side. A poll released Tuesday from the UC Berkley Institute of Governmental Studies shows only 27% of Californian voters support Prop 27, which would legalize statewide online sports betting. An extra 53% are opposed with…
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California Sports Betting Is Most Expensive Ballot Campaign in U.S. History
The high-stakes battle for California sports betting became the most expensive ballot campaign in U.S. history after the latest rounds of funding from Native American tribes and online gaming companies. They’ve spent over $322 million in opposition and support of Prop 27 — which would legalize online sports betting in California, according to the California Secretary of State‘s…
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California Sports Betting Podcast: How Politics Will Play a Role in November
Californians could legalize sports betting in fewer than 100 days. At nearly twice the population of New York, the largest currently legal U.S. betting market, California comes with billions of dollars at stake. Consequently, commercial operators and tribal casinos are waging a brutal war over Proposition 27, which paves the way for online betting should…
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California Sports Betting Begins to Take Shape During Wild December
The nation’s largest potential retail sports betting market is now closer than ever to reality, the latest development in a wild month for California gaming. A petition led by the state’s Native American casinos to place a sports betting measure on the 2022 ballot is advancing toward fruition after supporters met a key submission deadline…